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Anna Bonacci (play)
I.A.L. Diamond (writer)
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Release Date:
25 December 1964 (Finland) more
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A jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to a famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town. full summary | add synopsis
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Weak Wilder movie doesn't improve with time more (44 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dean Martin ... Dino

Kim Novak ... Polly the Pistol
Ray Walston ... Orville Jeremiah Spooner
Felicia Farr ... Zelda Spooner

Cliff Osmond ... Barney
Barbara Pepper ... Big Bertha
Skip Ward ... Milkman (as James Ward)
Doro Merande ... Mrs. Pettibone
Bobo Lewis ... Waitress
Tom Nolan ... Johnnie Mulligan (as Tommy Nolan)
Alice Pearce ... Mrs. Mulligan
John Fiedler ... Reverend Carruthers
Arlen Stuart ... Rosalie Schultz
Howard McNear ... Mr. Pettibone
Cliff Norton ... Mack Gray
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Runtime:
125 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:GP (re-rating) (1970) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (1994) | West Germany:6

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The role of Zelda was originally written for Marilyn Monroe. more
Quotes:
Zelda Spooner: ...Bobby Darin or Elvis.
Dino: Elvis who?
Zelda Spooner: I suppose you have never heard of the Beatles either.
Dino: Oh sure. And I can sing better that all three of them.
Zelda Spooner: There are four of them!
Dino: Oh, haven't you heard? One of them got his hair caught in his guitar and was electrocuted.
Zelda Spooner: You can make jokes about them but they're young and they're popular, while you...
Dino: What about me?
Zelda Spooner: Let's face it, you are over the hill.
Dino: Sure you do know how to hurt a fellow.
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Weak Wilder movie doesn't improve with time, 5 January 2008
4/10
Author: mccarthyos from Australia

It is one thing to have to sit through Ray Walston's embarrassing overacting. Ably assisted by his sidekick Cliff Osmond who is nearly as bad. But it is all so tedious. There are fewer good jokes in this film than any other Wilder comedy I can think of. Only the women save it, and the second half is a great improvement on the first. Kim Novak is an actress of limited range but she is perfect for this role and is very moving. Dean Martin is his genial self, his character of Dino cruising through the plot largely unaware of the mayhem and idiocy going on around him. Lucky old Dean, we should have been so lucky. I read that the film upset the usual suspects in the moral outrage business. That alone is enough to recommend it, maybe I should take another look.

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